Editing Stewards/Handbook (section)

== Guidelines for processing requests ==
=== Permissions ===
==== General considerations ====
* Do not change user rights (especially administrator and bureaucrat) if there are local users who can process the request.

==== Administrator ====
* A prospective administrator should post a request for adminship on a local centralized noticeboard.
* If there is no significant participation in the request, but no objection either, Stewards may grant access for a trial period of 3 months–1 year. After the trial period, this process may be repeated, and access may be granted indefinitely.
* If there is significant participation (at least a few !votes) and a clear consensus in favor, grant access indefinitely.
* If there is no clear consensus, the request should be denied.

==== Bureaucrat ====
* Small wikis do not require bureaucrats.
* A prospective bureaucrat should post a request for bureaucratship on a local centralized noticeboard.
* The user should already be a permanent administrator.
* The community should be large enough to require bureaucrats—consider the number of administrators and bots on the wiki.
* There should be significant participation in the RfB (at least a few !votes) and a clear consensus.

==== Interface administrator ====
* The user should already be an administrator.
* Ensure that the user has enabled two-factor authentication (this can be checked at [[Special:VerifyOATHForUser]]).
* If there is no significant participation in the request, but no objection either, Stewards may grant access for a period of 3 months–1 year. After the period, this process may be repeated, and temporary access may be renewed.
* If there is significant participation (at least a few !votes) and a clear consensus in favor, grant access indefinitely, unless access is only required for a specific task. In that case, grant temporary access for the necessary duration.
* If there is no clear consensus, the request should be denied.

==== Bot ====
* A prospective bot operator should gain community approval first through a request on a centralized noticeboard; the request should generally remain open for at least 7 days. The request should detail the expected bot task(s), duration, and frequency.
* No support !votes are required, but any objections should be thoroughly discussed.
* If you are unsure whether the bot will run properly, consider asking for trial edits before flagging the bot.

==== Checkuser ====
* Read the [[CheckUser policy]] carefully.
* Ensure that the candidate's username appears on the [[identification noticeboard]].
* The user should already be an administrator or ArbCom member.
* Ensure that the user has enabled two-factor authentication (this can be checked at [[Special:VerifyOATHForUser]]).
* Each community with local checkusers must have at least two checkusers; do not grant access if a user would be the only checkuser on the wiki.
* Small wikis do not require checkusers—consider the size of the community and the number of local checks that currently need to be performed by Stewards.
* There should be thorough participation in the RfCU (numerous !votes) and a clear consensus.

==== Suppressor ====
* Read the [[suppression policy]] carefully.
* Ensure that the candidate's username appears on the [[identification noticeboard]].
* The user should already be an administrator or ArbCom member.
* Ensure that the user has enabled two-factor authentication (this can be checked at [[Special:VerifyOATHForUser]]).
* Each community with local suppressors must have at least two suppressors; do not grant access if a user would be the only suppressor on the wiki.
* Small wikis do not require suppressors—consider the size of the community and the number of local suppressions that currently need to be performed by Stewards.
* There should be thorough participation in the RfOS (numerous !votes) and a clear consensus.

==== Other permissions ====
* These permissions include account creator, transwiki/XML importer, translation administrator, and any sub-sysop permission.
* The candidate should make a request on the local wiki; the request should generally remain open for at least 7 days.
* No support !votes are required, but any objections should be thoroughly discussed.